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Le Géant : quadrille aérostatique

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Le Géant : quadrille aérostatique

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Chardon. cmp; Nadar, Félix, 1820-1910. aui; Moucelot (Firm) prt; Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI

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Topics
Quadrilles, Piano music, Popular instrumental music, Balloons, Nadar, Félix, 1820-1910, Le Géant (Gas balloon), Balloons (Aircraft), Balloon ascensions, Balloonists, Birds, sheet music
Publisher
Paris (Au Ménestrel, 2 bis, r. Vivienne) : [Heugel & Cie.]
Collection
smithsonian
Contributor
Smithsonian Libraries
Language
No linguistic content
Item Size
9.5M
For piano

Illustrated t.p. shows an image of "Le Géant," an enormous gas balloon launched in 1863 by the photographer, Nadar, carrying numerous passengers. There is a bird flying below the balloon near the clouds. Signed "Imp. Moucelot Paris."

The first page has information about the purpose and construction of Nadar's gas balloon "Le Géant," which first ascended from the Champ de Mars, Paris on Oct. 4, 1863. On the verso is the list of rules when on board the balloon
Addeddate
2017-03-25 14:32:09
Call number
mq1687909
Call-number
mq1687909
Foldoutcount
0
Genre
Sheet music covers-1860-1870.
Identifier
geyant00char
Identifier-ark
ark:/13960/t1dk0p80h
Identifier-bib
mq1687909
Ocr
ABBYY FineReader 11.0
Pages
8
Possible copyright status
Public domain. The Library considers that this work is no longer under copyright protection
Ppi
300
Full catalog record
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